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Three of a possible four points against their major mental block, the Boston Bruins?

It’s true, the Maple Leafs did it. Two nights after beating the Bruins in Toronto, the Leafs managed to squeeze another point out of the Bruins in a 3-2 shootout loss before 17,565 at the TD Garden.

Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron beat James Reimer in the game-ending skills competition, but only Tyler Bozak could beat Tuukka Rask at the other end.

The Leafs, who held a 2-0 lead in the second period, fell to 0-4 in shootouts this season, and all have come in the past eight games.

The Leafs have gone five games in a row without losing in regulation.

Joffrey Lupul and Nikolai Kulemin scored for the Leafs, who had two wins in their previous 12 visits to Boston.

Kulemin was stopped by Rask in the shootout, ending the Leafs’ hopes for a second consecutive victory.

Speculation, meanwhile, has started that the Leafs could be interested in acquiring Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, but general manager David Nonis has said numerous times he has no interest in mortgaging the future for short-term gain. The NHL trade deadline is on April 3.

“They’re going to look at everything, but there is nothing there right now,” a source said.

Milan Lucic and Bergeron scored for the Bruins.

Bergeron tied the game at 10:36 of the third period after rookie Dougie Hamilton out-muscled Jake Gardiner behind the Leafs net. Hamilton centred to Bergeron, who managed to stuff a backhander behind James Reimer.

Reimer, making his fourth start in a row, shone for Toronto, 48 hours after he made 31 saves against the Bruins. He kicked out his left leg to stop a Patrice Bergeron backhand in the first period and got the same pad on an attempt by Daniel Paille in the second.

Reimer finished with 27 saves.

Rask, a former Leafs first-round pick, was just as sharp. Rask made a fine glove save on Nazem Kadri with just over two minutes remaining in the third.

After a first period that ended 0-0, the Leafs took a 1-0 lead at 2:04 of the second period thanks to a heads-up play by Gardiner.

During a Leafs power play, Gardiner got the puck in the slot. Instead of hammering a shot at Rask, he waited out Bergeron, who skated toward him, and passed off to Lupul. There was nothing but open net for Lupul, who has scored in all three games he has played after returning from a broken arm, after Rask read the shot.

Kadri was big help for Matt Frattin earlier in the season and now Kadri is bringing Nikolai Kulemin up a notch.

Kadri gained control of the puck in the Leafs’ end and sprung Kulemin, who got in between the Bruins defencemen, on a breakaway. Kulemin went to his forehand to beat Rask to give the Leafs a 2-0 lead at 8:01.

It was the third goal in five games for Kulemin, who had just two in the previous 28 games.

But the Bruins, who Kadri called “a pesky bunch” after the morning skate, didn’t wilt.

Lucic ended a 15-game goal-less skid when he sped in on Reimer and slipped the puck behind the goalie at 9:49. Lucic burst around defenceman Cody Franson, whose partner, Mark Fraser, was nowhere to be seen.

Mike Kostka returned to the Leafs lineup after he was a healthy scratch for five games and played alongside Gardiner.

The Leafs had called up Jesse Blacker from the Toronto Marlies, but coach Randy Carlyle went with Kostka.

“It is a good learning experience,” Kostka said of watching from the press box. “When you watch from up top you get a different perspective on things. The game seems a lot easier from up there. It is good sometimes to be able to see that maybe you have a little more time in some situations, you can analyze the game a little differently from that bird’s eye view.”

Frattin, who scored seven goals in 10 games before a knee problem forced him to have minor surgery, had none in seven games after returning and was scratched. Ryan Hamilton stayed in the lineup.